Mycalesis

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Bushbrowns
AB037 whiteline Bushbrown UN.JPG
Whiteline bushbrown, ,
wet-season form
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Elymniini
Genus: Mycalesis
Hübner, 1818
Species

Numerous, see text

Mycalesis, the bushbrowns, are a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are common in the warm regions from Central Asia to Australia, and have a high diversity in South Asia and the Wallacea.

They are notably polymorphic, with wet- and dry-season forms differing in many species, especially as regards size and number of underwing eyespots.

Mycalesis superficially resemble the species Orsotriaena medus, but can readily be identified by the number of spots.[1]

Species[]

Dingy bushbrown (Mycalesis perseus), dry-season form

Listed alphabetically:[2]

  • Watson, 1897 – Watson's bushbrown
  • Mycalesis adolphei (Guérin-Ménéville, 1843) – redeye bushbrown
  • Butler, 1868
  • Druce, 1873
  • Marshall & de Nicéville, 1883
  • Fruhstorfer, 1906 – Annam bushbrown, tawny bush-brown[3]
  • Mycalesis anapita Moore, [1858]
  • Mycalesis anaxias Hewitson, 1862 – white-bar bushbrown
  • Fruhstorfer, 1906
  • Mycalesis aramis Hewitson, 1866
  • Hewitson, 1862
  • Röber, 1887
  • Grose-Smith, 1894
  • (Guérin-Méneville, 1831)
  • Rothschild, 1916
  • Fruhstorfer, 1906
  • C. & R. Felder, 1863
  • Kirsch, 1877
  • Grose-Smith, 1894
  • Fruhstorfer, 1906
  • Fruhstorfer, 1906
  • Elwes, 1891
  • (Oberthür, 1894)
  • (Guérin-Méneville, 1830)
  • Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896
  • Grose-Smith, 1894
  • Tytler, 1914 – Tytler's bushbrown
  • Fruhstorfer, 1906
  • Butler, 1868
  • Mycalesis francisca (Stoll, [1780]) – lilacine bushbrown
    • Mycalesis francisca formosana Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Mycalesis fuscum (C. & R. Felder, 1860) – Malayan bush-brown[4]
  • Parsons, 1986
  • Mycalesis gotama Moore, 1857 – Chinese bushbrown
    • Mycalesis gotama nanda Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Moore, 1857 – Moore's bushbrown
  • (Moore, [1892])Malaysia, Java, Celebes. See [maps] – Horsfield's bush brown
  • Mycalesis igilia Fruhstorfer, 1911 – small long-brand bushbrown
  • C. & R. Felder, 1863
  • Aoki & Yamaguchi, 1995
  • Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Mycalesis intermedia (Moore, [1892]) – intermediate bushbrown
  • C. & R. Felder, 1863
  • C. & R. Felder, [1867] – Itys bush brown
  • Moore, 1857 – Common Bush Brown, Janardana Bush Brown, Mottled Bush-Brown[5]
  • Mycalesis khasia Evans, 1920 – palebrand bushbrown
  • Mycalesis lepcha (Moore, 1880) – Lepcha bushbrown
  • Mycalesis madjicosa Butler, 1868
  • Hewitson, 1864
  • Mycalesis malsarida Butler, 1868 – plain bushbrown
  • Moore, 1857 – white-line bushbrown
  • (Stoll, [1780]) – blind-eye bushbrown
    • – Palni bushbrown
  • Doherty, 1886
  • Grose-Smith, 1894
  • Hewitson, 1864
  • Rothschild, 1915
  • (Boisduval, 1832)
  • Evans (nomen nudum?) – Pachmarhi bushbrown
  • Hewitson, 1862
  • Mycalesis mestra Hewitson, 1862 – white-edged bushbrown
  • Mycalesis mineus (Linnaeus, 1758) – dark-branded bushbrown[6]
  • Mycalesis misenus de Nicéville, 1889 – salmon-branded bushbrown
  • Hewitson, 1864
  • C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • Hewitson, 1862
  • Tennent, 2000
  • Hewitson, 1864
  • de Nicéville, 1891 - many-tufted bushbrown
  • C. & R. Felder, 1859
  • Grose-Smith, 1902
  • Mycalesis nicotia Westwood, [1850] – bright-eye bushbrown
  • Mycalesis oculus Marshall, 1880 – red-disc bushbrown
  • Mycalesis oroatis Hewitson, 1864
  • Mycalesis orseis Hewitson, 1864 – purple bushbrown
  • Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Eliot, 1969
  • Staudinger, [1897]
  • Mycalesis patnia Moore, 1857 – glad-eye bushbrown
  • Mycalesis perseoides (Moore, [1892]) – Pachmarhi bushbrown
  • Mycalesis perseus (Fabricius, 1775) – dingy bushbrown or common bushbrown
    • Mycalesis perseus blasius (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Staudinger, [1897]
  • Hewitson, 1862
  • Moore, 1878
  • Mycalesis rama (Moore, 1892) – Cingalese bushbrown
  • Butler, 1877 – single ring bushbrown
    • Mycalesis sangaica mara Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • (Boisduval, 1832)
  • Riley & Godfrey, 1921
  • (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Mathew, 1887
  • Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1883 – Wood-Mason's bushbrown
    • Mycalesis suaveolens kagina Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Rothschild, 1915
  • C. & R. Felder, [1867]
  • C. & R. Felder, 1863
  • Mycalesis terminus (Fabricius, 1775) – orange bushbrown
  • Aoki & Yamaguchi, 1984
  • (Fruhstorfer, 1911)
  • Schröder, 1976
  • Leech, [1892]
  • Grose-Smith, 1900
  • Grose-Smith, 1900
  • Mycalesis visala Moore, [1858] – long-brand bushbrown
    • Mycalesis visala subdita – Tamil bushbrown
  • Doherty, 1891
  • Matsumura, 1909 – South China bushbrown

See also[]

  • Orsotriaena

References[]

  1. ^ Adrian Hoskins. "Butterflies of Thailand, Malaysia & Borneo: Nigger, Orsotriaena medus Fabricius, 1775". Learn about Butterflies: the complete guide to the world of butterflies and moths. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  2. ^ "Mycalesis Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Kirton, Laurence G. (2014). A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Peninsular Malayasia, Singapore and Thailand. Oxford:John Beaufoy Publ., p.60.
  4. ^ Kirton, Laurence G. (2014). A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Peninsular Malayasia, Singapore and Thailand. Oxford:John Beaufoy Publ., p.60.
  5. ^ Kirton, Laurence G. (2014). A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Peninsular Malayasia, Singapore and Thailand. Oxford:John Beaufoy Publ., p.61.
  6. ^ Kirton, Laurence G. (2014). A Naturalist's Guide to the Butterflies of Peninsular Malayasia, Singapore and Thailand. Oxford:John Beaufoy Publ., p.62.
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